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MEDICINAL CANNABIS WARNING / DISCLAIMER

There is no pharmacological free lunch in cannabis or any drug. Negative reactions can result. A small percentage of people have negative or allergic reactions to marijuana. Heart patients could have problems, even though cannabis generally relieves stress, dilates the arteries, and in general lowers the diastolic pressure. A small percentage of people get especially high heart rates and anxieties with cannabis. These persons should not use it. Some bronchial asthma sufferers benefit from cannabis; however, for others it may serve as an additional irritant.

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  1. Hemp Hand Protector Creme

    Not sure if this has been posted before Had a friend come visit and brought some hand creme for me to try. Never been much of a hand creme person myself but this stuff seems as good as any. Initially a bit greasy like most hand cremes but felt great after a little while. My friend recommends it and says it has helped with her dry hands and she is not really a smoker either Smells good too, I like it...., wonder what a sniffer dog would do? It sort of reminds me a little of cannabutter smell? Reading the ingredients on the back says contains Cannabis Sativa !!! What the fuck?? Made in the UK, available in Australia from The Body Shop? I'm a bit backwards, my friend t…

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  2. Alzheimers & Cannabis

    Alzheimer's Patients May Benefit From Cannabis-Derived Medicines REPORTER: http://www.pressemeldinger.no/read.asp?recno=55507 LONDON, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis-derived medicines may one day be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease which affects 417,000 people in the UK. Professor Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, will present new findings to a group of international experts at a Cannabinoids Medicines Symposium to be held at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) in London on Monday, 10 March. The research, still at an early stage, indicates that memory loss, the main symptom of Alzheimer's, can be s…

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  3. "What About Me?"-"You do as we say".

    “WHAT ABOUT ME? - AND OTHERS LIKE ME?” copyright (Parody of ‘What About Me?’ - by Moving Pictures) Well, there’s a little sufferer waiting at the counter of the ‘Fair Go’ Shop. He’s been waiting for them to care, waiting for the day But Govvy never respects him from the top. He gets pushed around, knocked to the ground, He falls to his knees and he pleads, (….along with cancer, pain & neuro sufferers), “What about me? This just isn’t fair, I deserve a ‘Fair Go’, I deserve my share. Can’t you see, we just want to live, But ’you’ choose hate instead of live and let live. Well, some are dying while waiting at the counter of the ‘Fair Go’ shop, Others are waiting…

    Asked by medcanaware,

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  4. Medical Marijuana in Australia

    Gday, Recently i have been doing a whole heap of reading and watching doco's ("In pot we trust", "Waiting to inhale") about the medical marijuana revolution in some U.S states, in particular california. I am amazed by the growing number of semi-legal cannabis dispensaries (hortipharm etc) that are in business and it got me thinking... I know Australia's drug laws are state-specific, but can anyone tell me whether Australia has anything going on like what is happening in California? I have had a quick look on a few search engines, but can't find anything that relates to medical marijuana and cannabis dispensaries in particular. Any information would be greatly appr…

    Asked by chakakan,

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  5. Suggested Documentaries

    Well I have just finished watching "In Pot We Trust" and I have "Waiting To Inhale" which I am going to watch a little later. I am just wondering, are there any other documentary type films out there that might be worth a watch? I am also looking at gathering a lot of material together to give to my doctor when I broach the subject of medicinal cannabis use with him. I honestly don't know how he will react, but I am hoping he will be open minded. I was given a large quantity prescription for panadene forte the other day when I saw him. The p/f works well enough to just take a edge off the pain but the side effects are too many for my liking. Firstly, they knock the …

    Asked by Rose Gardener,

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  6. RUN FROM THE CURE: The Rick Simpson Story

    RUN FROM THE CURE: The Rick Simpson Story Fantastic movie from Canada,a MUST WATCH . THC cures cancer & many other diseases and has been suppressed by big Pharma, this is a quality production and a "MUST WATCH" RUN FROM THE CURE: The Rick Simpson Story

    Asked by Jess Stone,

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  7. Chemical in Marijuana Fights Breast Cancer

    A chemical without psychoactive properties found in Cannabis sativa appears to have very good results in fighting the spread of cancer cells. The substance, cannabidiol (CBD), was found by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Centre Research Institute to inhibit a gene called Id-1, which has been linked to the spread of cancer cells and has been found in high levels in a number of types of cancer. "Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer," researcher Sean D. McAllister, a co-author, said in a statement. "Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for pati…

    Asked by postman,

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  8. A Plea to a Doctor on our side

    This is a copy of an email sent to Dr Morris Odell regarding my case. I will keep you all posted. Dear Dr Odell, I am a 40yr old ex Navy Gulf War vet. In 2000 I had a tumour removed from the front left lobe of my brain the size of a golf ball. It was caused by an unknown brainstem disease and called an oliogodendroglioma. It was removed and radiation treatment provided. The biopsy of this tumour confirmed its date back to 1991 when I was in the gulf. Since that time I have suffered seizures at least twice a month. In November last year I was told that the remaining pieces left over from surgery are regrowing. There is no cure at all and I am getting sicke…

    Asked by freddys260,

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  9. Recieved my Medical card today

    I recieved my medical marijuana card today for rheumatiod arthritis and cronic back pain. I am very happy to see people are finally seeing the the possitive effects this drug has on people in pain.

    Asked by Cleptow,

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  10. Cannabis is a Gateway Drug?

    When known medicinal and recreational psychoactive drug takers, who take Class A, B and C drugs on a regular basis (albeit buzzword ‘legal’ ones), call Cannabis (and not even THC) a ‘gateway’ drug, they always wield the term for the negative, while at the same time their actions are saying, ‘legal drugs are the gateway to fun, to sport, to fashion, to celebrity, to politics, to music, to entertainment, to family events, to special days and holidays etc’. But Cannabis can be a positive ‘gateway’. Not all gateways lead to destruction or abuse. To medical sufferers who gain great benefit from respectful medical cannabis application, Cannabis/THC is most definitely a gatewa…

    Asked by medcanaware,

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  11. medical marijuana for S.A.

    MARIJUANA would be prescribed by doctors in South Australia for medicinal purposes under planned legislation. Democrats MP Sandra Kanck yesterday said a bill was being drafted to prevent people using the drug for medicinal purposes from being fined. She said some doctors already were advising patients to use marijuana to help manage their pain. Australian Medical Association state president Chris Cain has supported the move but only if certain conditions are met. "We don't disagree with the concept of marijuana for medicinal purposes but it needs to be in a standardised form," he said. But the AMA doesn't support inhaled marijuana. Anti-drugs MP Ann Bressin…

    Asked by elbhar,

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  12. MJ advocate dies at 86

    A longtime Beaverton resident who pushed for legalizing medical marijuana use has died. Mae Nutt died Tuesday in Roseville, Calif., at age 86. She moved west in August 2005 to be closer to her son, Marc Nutt, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Mae became an advocate for medical marijuana after seeing her son Keith Nutt struggle with the pain of cancer treatments in 1978, and made his use of marijuana for medical purposes a public cause. "Once I decided to be open minded and listen, there is no way that you can deny that this works," Mae said in a July 2001 Daily News article. "States have rights. I don't think that the government should tell…

    Asked by leafy,

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  13. Medical Mary Jane Martyr

    Fugitive was medical marijuana user A man who was fatally shot in a North Raleigh raid claimed to be a cancer survivor who grew pot to help others manage pain http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/862909.html Mandy Locke, Staff Writer RALEIGH - Stephen Scott Thornton vanished months before a judge was expected to send him to federal prison for growing dozens of marijuana plants in his suburban Texas home. Unsuspecting Wake County officers stumbled upon Thornton's hiding place Friday during a drug raid that left the 45-year-old federal fugitive dead. A sheriff's deputy took a bullet in the leg; he was recuperating at home Saturday. A tip led Wake County Alcoholi…

    Asked by leafy,

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  14. A tale of a woman with cancer

    What my cancer taught me about marijuana http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...n1.38141af.html Why DIANA WAGMAN - and a surprising number of her friends - smoke pot 12:00 AM CST on Sunday, January 6, 2008 Ahh, cancer. One learns so much from being diagnosed with a death-sentence disease. Of course, 95 percent of it is stuff you would rather not know, but that other 5 percent is downright interesting. For example, America's Next Top Model is much more fun to watch when you've lost 15 pounds without trying. During chemotherapy, vanilla smells good, but vanilla wafers taste disgusting. And eyelashes really do have a purpose. But the most compelling fact I le…

    Asked by leafy,

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  15. NEW UPDATE ON WEED AND CANCER

    HIGH ALL, got an update on the mary jane and cancer subject this looks promising, cancer is a bitch, and it looks like out little herb friend might actually help. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318526,00.html (yes I know its fox news, but still, you have to give the New World order pricks some credit for this story ) Certain marijuana components may suppress the tumors of highly invasive cancers, a new study finds. In laboratory tests, cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, were found to slow the spread of lung and cervical cancer tumors, according to researchers Robert Ramer and Burkhard Hinz of the University of Rostock in Germany. Proponents…

    Asked by leafy,

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